I am also still looking for a new day job. Grimstone doesn’t exactly pay the bills, never has. It’s more a labor of love. You know, when I’m actually laboring on it. So if anyone has any job opportunities they’d like to let me know about, feel free to Email me. I’d most like to do something comics or animation related, but I am also versed in and enjoy web & graphic design, computer programming, and video editing. For now, perhaps I will borrow a page from DJ Coffman’s playbook. (Sorry to hear about the whole Platinum/HBN fiasco mate. You really took it right in the ass on that one). And it would be nice if Wowio got back to me on adding my stuff to their site, but I guess they’re busy with other matters.

In the meantime, I’ll keep renting my Netflix and playing City of Heroes (look for me on Champion server, global handle Captain Redwing). And, you know, working on Grimstone.

In all seriousness, new comic strips will be coming soon, I’m just reworking parts of the current storyline and deciding what kind of schedule to keep. I’m still considering going with a large format weekly strip. We’ll see.

Grimstone proudly presents the long awaited return of Malcolm J. Spookster, agent to the undead. Spookster is Ribcage’s agent, first appearing in the second Grimstone comic strip and last appearing waaay back in July 2003! That is a long time. Spookster will be appearing more often now, since I’ve decided to bring Ribcage’s Hollywood career back into the comic.

The man sitting with Ribcage is none other than the gang’s landlord, Montague Grimstone, descendent of the town founder, Lord Marmaduke Grimstone. This is his first appearance. I decided to bring him in to clear any confusion there may be as to whom owns Grimstone Manor or what the arrangement was that allows the gang to live there.

Sometime after Toasty destroyed Count Cyanide’s house and Furface joined the group (a story not yet told), Ribcage decided he was tired of living in the graveyard, which by then had become quite crowded. So Ribcage decided to use what money he had left, and attempted to buy Grimstone Manor from Montague. Montague was not willing to sell the family estate, even though it had not been lived in for decades, but decided to rent the place to Ribcage instead. Cyanide and Furface decided to join Ribcage, who didn’t mind so long as they carried their weight and behaved themselves. Toasty, of course, came as well, and there was little anyone could do about that. Dingbat was already occupying the house, being its resident bat in the belfry. The gang settled in, lived mainly off of Ribcage’s residuals, and eventually were joined by Sara Morningstar.

And there you have it. A new comic and a bonus short story. A two for one today. Enjoy.